[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki Login Doesn't Stick

[Scott Thile]

> > Do I need to specify a file as well as a path for session data?
> 
> Just a path should be fine.
> 
> But, if you're on a hosting service be aware that you might 
> not always be on the same server. You might be on a server 
> farm where /tmp is a different local hard disk on each request.
> 
> So you might have to try a directory that's 'persistent', in 
> a filesystem that's shared across servers. There might be a 
> special place for this (like on SourceForge's servers now) or 
> you might have to take over a locked directory in your own 
> web space. Check with the documentation or support for your 
> hosting service if you have to do something like that.

Thanks for helping Brion!

Tech support at the hoisting service indicates this is running as php-cgi,
so it should be able to write to a path anywhere under my home directory.
They also indicated I need to use a custom php.ini file instead of using an
.htaccess file. I've now tried that--setting the path in that to my home
directory, but the session data is still being lost.

Is there some problem associated with running in php-cgi and/or using this
custom php.ini file?

Thanks, Scott